Caspar Plautius used the pseud. Honorius Philoponus so that he could dedicate the work to himself

Published in Linz. Cf. Der amerikanischen neuen Welt Beschreibung ... / H.J. Wynkelmann. Oldenburg, 1664, p. 30

In one state the collation is: )(⁴ A-N⁴ [)(4 and N4 blank]. The preliminaries include the title page, dedication (2nd and 3rd leaves). The end matter, "In annotationem bibliopolæ" appears on verso of leaf N3. In another state the collation is )(⁴ 2)(² A-N⁴. The preliminaries include the title page, dedication (2nd and 3rd leaves), "Ad lectorom", (3rd - 4th leaves), plate labelled "Ads finem præfationis ad lectorem", and "Observatio de magnete nautico" (5th and 6th leaves). Verso of leaf N3 has: "In primis"; N4 recto has "Ordinis S.P. Benedicti" and "In annotationem bibliopolæ"; N4 verso has errata statement

Engraved title page

Some copies contain at the end of the volume an extra folded plate of Columbus and crew dated 1622

Specimen of Indian music is given on pages 35-36

Errata statement: leaf N4 verso

JCB Lib. cat., pre-1675

Alden, J.E. European Americana

Sabin

John Carter Brown Library copy 1 has collation: )(⁴ 2)(² A-N⁴

John Carter Brown Library copy 2 has collation: )(⁴ 2)(² A-N⁴. Lacks plate 15, but has the extra plate of Columbus at the end

John Carter Brown Library copy 3 has collation: )(⁴ A-N⁴ ()(4 and N4 blank)

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